Starting with iOS 27.2, developers will have the option to use an alternative App Tracking Transparency system prompt in the EU, as part of Apple’s recent deal with the bloc. Here are the details.
New prompt is mandatory in select European countries
A few weeks ago, Apple confirmed it would comply with “fairer” App Tracking Transparency rules in the EU, following an investigation by Germany’s Federal Cartel Office.
The deal concluded a years-long antitrust probe into whether Apple’s ATT rules unfairly disadvantaged third-party apps compared with its own services. Apple has always denied the allegations, claiming that it applies the same strict privacy principles to its own apps from the ground up. German regulators, however, remained unconvinced.
As a result, Apple agreed to eight changes in the ATT framework in Europe, and you can read more about that here.
That said, Apple confirmed today that iOS 27 will let developers choose whether they want to “use an alternative version of the App Tracking Transparency system prompt in the EU,” and added that “due to legal requirements, only the alternative version of the system prompt is available for apps distributed in Germany, France, Italy, Poland, and Romania.”
In an update to the “User privacy and data use” developer support page, Apple elaborates on the alternative version of this system prompt:
The company adds that EU developers will also be able to re-prompt users one year after their previous ATT choice, regardless of whether they initially accepted or declined tracking.
To learn more about the upcoming changes to ATT in Europe, follow this link.
